GREAT BAY:--- The Department of Disaster Management is advising motorists to stay off the road network or only drive is necessary and when driving to exercise caution due to flooding of streets, roads and low lying areas.Persons residing on hill sides and those driving along hill sides are advised to drive with caution and be alert for possible rock falls. This is due to the saturated soil.
According to the Monday 5.00pm Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles & Aruba weather advisory, heavy rainfall is expected to continue. Showers will be widely scattered along with an isolated thunderstorm. Heavy showers may be accompanied with high wind gusts.
Current weather conditions are due to the passing of a Tropical Wave with an area of low pressure. The system is moving through the island chain very slowly.